Tuesday, February 8, 2005

! To A Younger Poet Comments

Rating: 2.4

Well, thanks for asking - quite a nice surprise...
first off, you have my passionate support -
for how could I believe in any less
of poetry, its value and its power?
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Michael Shepherd
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Herbert Nehrlich1 08 February 2005

Touché, Michael, this is the poem I should have written on the subject. There is a large market to address, since almost everyone of those budding poets happens to be just a kid, compared with this oldster. Well done, of course. H

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Michael Shepherd 08 February 2005

We're wise children playing at poetry, Christine - what better fun for brownleaf days?

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Michael Shepherd 08 February 2005

The passion's not gone, Joyce - just diverted into a poor paper shadow - reading the newspapers and putting the world to rights in our infinite and hard-won wisdom...a world which, incredibly, doesn't seem to listen...heigh ho...

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David Nelson Bradsher 08 February 2005

A stunning piece, Michael. I love your descriptiveness, and you've inspired me to try my hand at free verse, which I'll be posting today. Thank you for a great read.

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